Small spaces can be tragically difficult to design, let alone capture in an image. We absolutely love working with the team at Work-Shop, a creative design firm in Providence, RI. They were commissioned by the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy to develop a way to organize and manage the small Imagination Center downtown. A small interior that was once essentially a single season storage shed, piled high with equipment and programming supplies was transformed through whimsical, yet precise design into a three season remote office and storage facility. Work-Shop needed to be able to communicate the fluid and playful nature of their design solution, along with the multiple functions of the new space. The images we produced will help tell that story. View more images on their project page at http://workshopri.com/projects/imagination-center/ .

With 2015 behind us, and already knee-deep in 2016, I wanted to take a moment to look back at the whirlwind that was last year. It began in January with moving the business to Providence, RI, where we are now proudly incorporated. The next twelve months were filled with travel, smiling clients old and new, photo shoots from the ground and the air, awards, publications, exciting prospects, and last but certainly not least: hard work and dedicated service. We strive to provide the best imagery and the best service, and that means being more than a photography provider. It means assisting with the backend work, helping marketing departments make magic happen with tireless coordination and communication, supporting web and graphic design on the behalf of our clients, actively seeking publication and awards opportunities to gain our clients exposure. It's no surprise to me that these efforts are working for both our clients and the Design Imaging Studios brand. I am immensely excited to keep the ball rolling in 2016 and help businesses in the A/E/C industry highlight their best work, showcase their brand and continue to grow.

We've been busy.

And we'd love to show you where we have been.

The end of summer may be in view, but we have the heat on full blast here at Design Imaging Studios. This year has already opened wonderful doors, brought us to beautiful places and inspired so much energy and creative thought. I have to thank the many amazing people that have made that possible and I'm very excited to share some of the images and spaces that we have been fortunate enough to capture. As of this year, Design Imaging Studios has a new base camp on the West Side of Providence, RI in an adapted factory building shared with several awesome companies - if you are in town stop by for a coffee (or a beer at the neighboring retro dive). So far this year we have shot for architects, designers, commercial real estate firms and building product manufacturers in MA, RI, CT, VT, NH, NY and CA with FL and more New England shoots on deck. The awards season is upcoming and that means it is time to put images to use. We don't want to create images that just sit on a computer, but rather are out in the market earning our clients more business. If you invest in us, we are invested in the future success of your business. We have had some great opportunities this year to put past images to use for our clients and that is a wheel that is always spinning. So please enjoy these images, the remainder of the summer and I hope to see you on location soon!

- Christian Scully
Principal Photographer

Top image and below: Contemporary Residence by William Masiello Architect, Inc.

Interior Design and Building

Our wonderful relationship with Master's Touch Design Build has brought us to several great remodel projects this year including this very tasteful kitchen.

Commercial Building Products & Design

You can't have a great building without a great roof! Our friends at The Garland Company asked us to capture a couple more of their projects in San Francisco and Pacifica, CA.

Client Testimonial:

"Christian is an excellent architectural photographer and accommodating professional. On site, he demonstrated great technical skill in capturing the essence of spaces that were quite challenging in terms of lighting and vantage. Post-production turn-around was very expeditious. The final images that Christian created were impeccable, and proved essential to communicating my project, which earned an AIA Design Excellence Award." - NY

Awards & Editorial Publication

A Rochester, NY based client, 9x30Design, Architecture submitted and won the 2015 Sustainability Design Award from Metal Architecture Magazine and was featured in the July issue. Congratulations to everybody involved, a great example of images put to use!

Thank you for taking the time to view our newsletter! More images are available on our website and blog, we are always updating the portfolios to include newer work. Be sure to join us on Facebook and LinkedIn at the links below. And if there are any exteriors or interiors we can help you capture in New England, New York or beyond, please reach out. Enjoy your weekend!

Recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to not only photograph the interiors, but to sit down with Linda DiCarlo at her West Side Providence yoga studio to learn about Iyengar yoga, why she dedicated her life to the practice, and how exploring the method could impact a person's physical and mental state. I knew nothing of Iyengar previously, and very little about what drives a yogi. Linda's positive, centered attitude and balanced outlook not only provided great content for the multimedia piece we were producing for her marketing, but also motivated me to give her class a try!

My Experience:

As somebody who is often caught in the daily grind of work, walking the tight rope of balancing a hectic career and making time to care for a body injured by decades of contact sports, I eagerly and openly sought a way to bring my body and mind into alignment. A few weeks into the beginner classes at the Iyengar Yoga Source, I am learning the foundation, with great attention from the instructors. But more importantly, I am witnessing what is possible, if I continue. I'm not quite sure how best to describe it yet, the more advanced students describe it in the video below. It's a workout for your body: you sweat from engaging your muscles and stretching. Its a workout for your mind: you sweat from intensely focusing. But then something almost magical happens. You suddenly realize that you are so focused on what each part of your body is doing that everything else plaguing your mind has disappeared from reality. I have already seen and felt how this can reduce stress; I highly recommend you give it try and perhaps you'll find the same.

Edward Larrabee Barnes would be celebrating his 100th birthday this month. This Barnes building, located at 121 S Main Street in Providence, RI was originally designed for the Old Stone Corporation. Today the commercial space is home to Hemenway's Restaurant and the remainder is increasingly used by various departments of Brown University.

Design Imaging Studios, Inc. is a commercial photography studio in Providence, RI specializing in professional architectural photography and interior photography. Spending most of his time in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, photographer, Christian Scully, travels regularly throughout New England capturing beautiful architecture and interior design for marketing purposes and editorial publication. His work has represented talented architects and designers on hundreds of magazine pages of publications such as Southern New England Home, Home Remodeling, Commercial Architecture and Metal Architecture.